Used to be a fan of this guy…not any more, not after barely-veiled garbage like this: [image] Sweetspot or Sourspot? Is sweetspot really the best training method for 99%? Reading time: 13 min read (And it’s not because I’m a TR fanboy…cuz I’m not.…

[image] AJS914: bought Carmichael’s book. I never implemented any of it because I know it’s the kind of training program that would quickly dig me into the black hole. I’m also not time crunched. Maybe I’m more adventurous, why not give it a try? About 4 months ago I tried the classic Stoggl/…

This is where the discussion stays in the circle jerk. Seiler never advocated 5 or 6 hour rides. If you listen to what the man says, you obviously need to recover after a hard interval session. However you do that is up to you. Fast Talk just put up their 100th episode - another episode with Seiler…

[image] bbarrera: Maybe I’m more adventurous, why not give it a try? About 4 months ago I tried the classic Stoggl/Sperlich 9-week polarized intervention and discovered that I needed more training load in my legs (“more base”) before doing the plan. I could probably follow Time Crunched now. …

Doh, I just linked the same episode in the one of the original POL threads .

FWIW I just finished my first 3-week block of 9-11 hour/week FasCat sweet spot 2 and feel fine. It can be a fine line walking the 3:1 and 2:1 on/off schedule. Based on the past, I’m definitely going 2:1 when the vo2max work begins. [image] AJS914: Fast Talk just put up their 100th episode - ano…

[image] Captain_Doughnutman: Those “super easy” rides are still training. Do a 5-6hr ride and that 5th or 6th hour isn’t going to feel like recovery. After my 4/5 hour sub LT1 rides my legs feel like they are on fire in the middle of the night. Definitely not recovery rides. In fact I feel mo…

@G650 ok one last post and I’m leaving this thread forever LOL @redlude97 not misrepresenting anything, just repeating Seiler clearly articulated positions from Fast Talk podcasts 51 and 54. The Fast Talk guys love him, and your Slowtwitch link made me almost spit out my coffee in an LOL moment: […

I bet you’d see a polarized distribution during at least part of the year, for some athletes more than others

Did you find a benefit from those two hard days though? One thing i have found is that in the early season, if i block my weekends into mini training camps, at first, it takes a few days to bounce back. But when I do, i bounce back stronger.

[image] devolikewhoa83: Did you find a benefit from those two hard days though? I would have known after next week but they cancelled my first race of the season. Northern Italy … As said before, this is just the beginning of my build period. So far I’ve blocked only “intense” aerobic sessio…

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After my 4/5 hour sub LT1 rides my legs feel like they are on fire in the middle of the night. Definitely not recovery rides. In fact I feel more fatigued after them than when I’ve done a real mixed intensity ride of the same duration.

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